Arrrggh!!! Jetta!!!

[syncro]

Only guessing I thought the rears would be different. (More weight)

[Golfwise]

Jetta rears would have to be different than Golf
More weight
but I guess a Golf one is better than a buggered and chopped Jetta one.

[Golf Loon]

How about we split the difference and stuff a Cordoba one in there?
Same weight car and same length shock and spring.

[Rednut]

*shrugs* im far from giving an answer as i still have little idea about em..

i found out that the battery was flat.. dunno how long its been sitting there with all the doors open cause of the central locking.. charged it for about 6 hours and she goes again!

i just warmed her up cause the old man is taking me from a drive.. and the engine now ticks with the idle.. i presume this is bad.. the sound is similar to flicking a playing card.. i cant pinpoint where its coming from but it sounds like its coming from the head or the block..

any ideas?

ps: appologies for being a ghost.. been saving my pennies to move out with the mrs.

[ausgolfer]

i just warmed her up cause the old man is taking me from a drive.. and the engine now ticks with the idle.. i presume this is bad.. the sound is similar to flicking a playing card.. i cant pinpoint where its coming from but it sounds like its coming from the head or the block..

any ideas?

Sounds like the hydraulic lifters/tappets sticking. People recommended to me to run about a litre of Auto transmission fuild in with the oil for a few hundred kms before you change the oil to clean them out(driven softly). I tried this and didn't notice much of a difference. I recently put up a post about rebuilding your hydraulic lifters, think it was in the restoration section.
Hope this helps.

[Rednut]

cheers mate, i'll check it out.

the clicking is about 5 every second.. but its softer now.. or the engine got louder.. i'll see how it goes.. it still needs a serious tune up. i'll keep ya'll posted

[ausgolfer]

Every 5 seconds? hmmm different, could be a belt or something, or even the sound of a loose spark earthing out, but otherwise thats got me beat.

[brackie]

Lifter/tappet

Guaranteed that's the problem. It should go away with time. If it doesn't do what Ausgolfer suggested but remember to drive carefully and change the oil when the noise goes. (ATF will tend to evaporate form the oil anyway.)

[Rednut]

it had an oil change just before it went back to the loons workshop. it ticks about 5 "per" second i should say

i just drove it round for the past hour and she went fine.. the old man reakons im ready to get my p's.. lucky he didnt get me to do a few parks.. i cant remember the last time i had to park other than drive into the carport

few more hours and i'll be joinin the cruises.. weeee!

[joshyd-mk2gti]

sounds like the tappets or the oil might be low..? go to supercheap and get some stuff to put in the oil to fix the tick, theyve got a few different brands of stuff. does anyone know if you can buy Sea Foam overhere? the yanks rave about it. you can put it in the oil, suck it in the intake through a vacuum hose or put it in the fuel tank and it cleans all the carbon and crap out of the engine.

[aliasmk2]

lifters

it does sound like the lifters & it would be one ofthe more common noises that a vw would make
i don't like to use additives in the oil,
what i have noticed is that a long & not to easy drive is a sure way of fixing this, but make sure that you have eneogh oil as that could be the overall cause
also it does seem to show up more often when the car is not driven very much or goes very short trips
either way it is not to much to worry about as long as you check your oil
good luck

[Golf Loon]

Has the car been sitting around??
You need a decent drive to get the oil pressure up.
When engine is warm, rev the car at idle to 3000 rpm and hold for a few seconds. Do that a couple of times and tap nise should go away. Thats lifter noise, because the oil has all drained out of them into the bottom of the engine.
Sounds like you are nearly ready for Ps. Exciting. We`d love to see the Jetta on a Cruise again

[Rednut]

yeh.. i sit her at aobut 2500 for about 2mins.. then its ready to idle.. hehe. i turned it over a few times today and it took less and less time. should be sweet once im regualarly using it. i dont remember hearing the noise at the servo today.. so its probably all good now. it didnt bottom out which was suprising.. altho i was taking it alot easier with the oldman in the car
but then again, im no leadfoot(yet) like my older sibling.

i think a tune and a quote about fixing the suspension so it doesnt bottom will be first on the pit list.

i'll get the quote and see what ya'll think.

[Golf Loon]

I still have struts with springs in sitting next to the garage, ready to send up to you. They should make your car stock height and tou can fit em in an hour or less. I`ll try and box em up this week.

[Rednut]

hmm.. stock looks a bit too american for my liking.. i'll investigate it later when it starts scrapeing again. i think the tuneup will be first.